8 best-selling nonfiction books like Discursos de Estocolmo by José Saramago

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Discursos de Estocolmo

By: José Saramago

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Agora em livro os discursos proferidos por José Saramago na ocasião da entrega do Prémio Nobel de L…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Discursos de Estocolmo by José Saramago , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Uma Viagem à Índia

By: Gonçalo M. Tavares

4.16

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

A primeira epopeia portuguesa do século XXI. Imagine uma aventura da mesma magnitude de Os Lusía… read more

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  • portuguese literature
"E nada intocável quando estamos suficientemente longe (que paradoxo!). De avião parece-nos ser possível tocar num país inteiro como se toca numa laranja. E tal sensação é magnífica e alimenta os dedo…"

-Gonçalo M. Tavares, Uma Viagem à Índia

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2. The Kreutzer Sonata

By: Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen

3.87

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partne… read more

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"In a large city the unhappy feel their sadness less acutely."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"Yes, man is much worse than the animal when he does not live like a man."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

"Удивительное дело, какая полная бывает иллюзия того, что красота есть добро."

-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata

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3. Nem Todas As Baleias Voam

By: Afonso Cruz

3.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Em plena Guerra Fria, a CIA engendrou um plano, baptizado Jazz Ambassadors, para cativar a juventud… read more

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  • portuguese literature
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4. Letters to a Young Poet

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell

4.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, req… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Everything is gestation and then birthing."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Perhaps all dragons in our lives are really princesses just waiting to see us just once being beautiful and courageous."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

5. A doença, o sofrimento e a morte entram num bar

By: Ricardo Araújo Pereira

3.94

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

O que faz de Ricardo Araujo Pereira o maior humorista portugues? Ja nao e preciso esperar mais para… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • portuguese literature
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6. Love Poems

By: Pablo Neruda , None

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Charged with sensuality and passion, Pablo Neruda's love poems are the most celebrated of the Nobel… read more

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7. Autumn

By: Ali Smith

4.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A breathtakingly inventive new novel from the Man Booker-shortlisted and Baileys Prize-winning auth… read more

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8. The Death of Ivan Ilych

By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude

4.13

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more

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"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

9. Dentro do Segredo

By: José Luís Peixoto

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Desde o interior da ditadura mais repressiva do mundo, desde um pais coberto por absoluto isolament… read more

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10. A Causa das Coisas

By: Miguel Esteves Cardoso

4.07

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Miguel Esteves Cardoso reuniu em livro alguns de seus artigos antes publicados em jornal nos anos 8… read more

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11. O Senhor Calvino (O Bairro, #6)

By: Gonçalo M. Tavares

4.27

Format: 127 pages, paperback

A chegada de mais um habitante para <>e motivo de satisfacao para os anteriores residentes. Goncalo… read more

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12. A Viúva e o Papagaio

By: Virginia Woolf

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Imprevisivel, divertido e inteligente, este conto acompanha a aventura da Sra. Gage, uma velha viuv… read more

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13. Simple Passion

By: Annie Ernaux

3.93

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensn… read more

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  • nobel prize
"I experienced pleasure like a future pain."

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

"I do not wish to explain my passion—that would imply that it was a mistake or some disorder I need to justify—I just want to describe it."

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

"A partir du mois de septembre l'année dernière, je n'ai plus rien fait d'autre qu'attendre un homme : qu'il me téléphone et qu'il vienne chez moi."

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

"Yet it is that surreal, almost non-existent last visit that gives my passion its true meaning, which is precisely to be meaningless, and to have been for two years the most violent and unaccountable …"

-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

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14. Happening

By: Annie Ernaux

4.32

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plag… read more

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  • nobel prize
  • nonfiction
"There is no such thing as a lesser truth."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"I was intoxicated, wrapped up in wordless intelligence."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"People judged according to the law, they didn't judge the law."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"love children are the most beautiful of all.' What a terrible statement."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

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15. Leme

By: Madalena Sá Fernandes

4.12

Format: 168 pages, ebook

Leme é o relato da vivência de uma rapariga que assiste, durante anos, à erosão dos pilares que sus… read more

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  • portuguese literature
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16. Mr Salary

By: Sally Rooney

3.78

Format: 33 pages, Paperback

My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him cl… read more

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"My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all."

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

"He watched me at first but then looked away. "Would it be a major bereavement for you if I died?" I said. "The most major one I can think of, yeah." "Nobody else would grieve."

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

"Death was, of course, the most ordinary thing that could happen, at some level I knew that. Still, I had stood there waiting to see the body in the river, ignoring the real living bodies all around m…"

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

"Nothing inside my body was trying to kill me. Death was, of course, the most ordinary thing that could happen, at some level I knew that. Still, I had stood there waiting to see the body in the river…"

-Sally Rooney, Mr Salary

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17. As Coisas Que Faltam

By: Rita da Nova

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Quando tinha oito anos, Ana Luís pediu pela primeira vez para conhecer o pai. Era muito comum a mãe… read more

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  • portuguese literature
"Curioso como tínhamos tanto cuidado com os objetos e símbolos da nossa convivência, mas tão pouco com a nossa relação."

-Rita da Nova, As Coisas Que Faltam

"Os caminhos mais diretos e menos tortuosos raramente nos agradam, talvez por parecerem feitos de uma falsa simplicidade."

-Rita da Nova, As Coisas Que Faltam

"Apesar disso, tinha dificuldade em usar verbos no passado para falar sobre ele, mas era-lhe ainda mais doloroso perceber que nunca mais poderia conjugá-los no futuro."

-Rita da Nova, As Coisas Que Faltam

"Cada pessoa tem a sua experiência neste parque e eu parecia estar destinada a uma montanha-russa de emoções - num momento estava eufórica, logo a seguir ficava profundamente triste. Tão depressa me s…"

-Rita da Nova, As Coisas Que Faltam

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18. Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)

By: Agatha Christie

3.91

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the “suicide” that was mu… read more

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"Uncertainty creates panic."

-Agatha Christie, Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)

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19. I Will Write to Avenge My People: The Nobel Lecture

By: Annie Ernaux

4.15

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

Published for the first time in a beautiful collectible edition, the essential lecture delivered by… read more

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  • nobel prize
  • nonfiction
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20. Balada para Sophie

By: Filipe Melo

4.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A vida de Julien Dubois, pianista de sucesso, confunde-se com a história da Europa do século XX. De… read more

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  • portuguese literature
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21. The White Book

By: Han Kang

3.81

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize From Booker Prize-winner and literary p… read more

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"Now and then, the passage of time seems acutely apparent. Physical pain always sharpens the awareness."

-Han Kang, The White Book

"This life needed only one of us to live it. If you had lived beyond those first few hours, I would not be living now. My life means yours is impossible."

-Han Kang, The White Book

"And she frequently forgot, That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand. That it shattered and is shattering still. Slipping stubbornly through fingers."

-Han Kang, The White Book

"There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everyt…"

-Han Kang, The White Book

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22. Quando Os Rios Se Cruzam

By: Rita da Nova

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

«Durante anos, imaginei o que aconteceria quando contasse tudo isto, quando cravasse a mão no peito… read more

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  • portuguese literature
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23. A Cicatriz

By: Maria Francisca Gama

4.38

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

«Éramos felizes, verdadeiros camaradas e a âncora um do outro. Um dia o nosso barco afundou-se e ne… read more

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  • portuguese literature
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24. Aqui Dentro Faz Muito Barulho

By: Bruno Nogueira

4.31

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Escrever é o acto de pensamento mais justo. Obriga à escolha cuidadosa das palavras, a recuperar o … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • portuguese literature
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25. Bairro das Cruzes

By: Susana Amaro Velho

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

O Bairro das Cruzes é a história da Luísa. E da Rosa. É a história das cruzes que se carregam desde… read more

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  • portuguese literature
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26. Inquieta

By: Susana Amaro Velho

4.26

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

Julieta parece ter a vida perfeita. Aos trinta e sete anos tem um marido adorável que cozinha os me… read more

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  • portuguese literature
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27. Ideias Concretas sobre Vagas

By: Ricardo Araújo Pereira

3.71

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Quando todos pensávamos já ter deixado a pandemia para trás, eis um livro que não nos deixa esquece… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • portuguese literature
"Na Natureza, não encontramos uma inteligência comparável à dos seres humanos, mas também não é possível observar uma estupidez da mesma envergadura."

-Ricardo Araújo Pereira, Ideias Concretas sobre Vagas

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28. Deriva

By: Madalena Sá Fernandes

4.19

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Das saudosas férias em família à dormida penosa numa cama com percevejos; da aprendizagem lenta da … read more

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29. Com o Mar por Meio. Uma amizade em Cartas

By: Jorge Amado

4.47

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

"A amizade entre Jorge Amado e José Saramago teve início quando os dois já tinham idade mais avança… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • portuguese literature
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30. Discursos de Estocolmo

By: José Saramago

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Agora em livro os discursos proferidos por José Saramago na ocasião da entrega do Prémio Nobel de L… read more

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  • nobel prize
  • nonfiction
  • portuguese literature
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31. Spolia pauper

By: Rafael Sousa Santos

3.80

Format: 84 pages, None

Vencedor da primeira edição do prémio VS. - Ernesto Sampaio, 2022 «Densamente entrelaçadas umas … read more

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Gonçalo M. Tavares

4.16

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Nem Todas As Baleias Voam

Afonso Cruz

3.11

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Ricardo Araújo Pereira

3.94

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4.12

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Para Tão Curtos Amores, Tão Longa Vida (Portuguese Edition)

Daniel Sampaio

4.14

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4.31

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Martim Sousa Tavares

4.35

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